Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO

Performance Results


Gaming 63% Destroyer	Desktop 71% Battleship	Workstation 57% Gunboat


PC Status	Overall this PC is performing below expectations (21st percentile). This means that out of 100 PCs with exactly the same components, 79 performed better. The overall PC percentile is the average of each of its individual components. Use the charts in the benchmark sections of this report to identify problem areas.
Processor	With a good single core score, this CPU can easily handle the majority of general computing tasks. Additionally this processor can handle very light workstation, and even some very light server workloads. Finally, with a gaming score of 62.4%, this CPU's suitability for 3D gaming is above average.
Graphics	98.6% is a very good 3D score, it's the business. This GPU can handle recent 3D games at high resolutions and ultra detail levels.
Boot Drive	94.9% is a very good SSD score. This drive is suitable for moderate workstation use, it will facilitate fast boots, responsive applications and ensure minimum IO wait times.
Memory	16GB is enough RAM to run any version of Windows and it's more than sufficient for nearly all games. 16GB also allows for very large file and system caches, software development and batch photo editing/processing.
OS Version	Although Windows 10 is not the most recent version of Windows, it remains a great option.

Very high background CPU (54%). High background CPU reduces benchmark accuracy. How to reduce background CPU.

Motherboard	Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO (all builds)
Memory	5.2 GB free of 16 GB @ 2.1 GHz
Display	2560 x 1440 - 32 Bit colors
OS	Windows 10
BIOS Date	20170629
Uptime	0.9 Days
Run Date	Sep 21 '19 at 16:07
Run Duration	196 Seconds
Run User	DEU-User
Background CPU	54%

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PC Performing below expectations (21^st percentile)

Actual performance vs. expectations. The graphs show user score (x) vs user score frequency (y).

Processor	Bench	Normal	Heavy	Server
Intel Core i7-6700K-$180 588,978 User benchmarks, average bench 81% LGA1151, 1 CPU, 4 cores, 8 threads Base clock 4 GHz, turbo 4.2 GHz (avg) Performing way below expectations (3^rd percentile)	62.4% Good	Memory 72.4 1-Core 99.7 2-Core 140 63% 104 Pts	4-Core 282 8-Core 526 48% 404 Pts	64-Core 634 39% 634 Pts
Poor: 70% ↑ This bench: 62.4% Great: 90%

Graphics Card	Bench	3D DX9	3D DX10	3D DX11
Nvidia RTX 2070S (Super)-$210 663,603 User benchmarks, average bench 115% Asus(1043 8706) ≥ 4GB CLim: 2130 MHz, MLim: 3500 MHz, Ram: 8GB, Driver: 436.30 Performing below potential (2^nd percentile) - GPU OC Guide	98.6% Outstanding	Lighting 125 Reflection 122 Parallax 120 102% 122 fps	MRender 151 Gravity 108 Splatting 92.4 93% 117 fps
Poor: 105% ↑ This bench: 98.6% Great: 123%

Drives	Bench	Sequential	Random 4k	Deep queue 4k
Samsung 850 Evo 1TB-$130 154,399 User benchmarks, average bench 110% 269GB free (System drive) Firmware: EMT01B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 373 406 407 371 376 364 MB/s Performing way below expectations (17^th percentile)	94.9% Outstanding	Read 409 Write 388 Mixed 368 SusWrite 383 87% 387 MB/s	4K Read 26.9 4K Write 68.6 4K Mixed 37.8 126% 44.4 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 340 DQ Mixed 347 264% 356 MB/s
Poor: 80% ↑ This bench: 94.9% Great: 133%
Samsung 840 Evo 500GB-$150 68,337 User benchmarks, average bench 103% 102GB free Firmware: EXT0BB6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 375 400 397 374 379 368 MB/s Performing below expectations (29^th percentile)	95.7% Outstanding	Read 410 Write 218 Mixed 273 SusWrite 382 72% 321 MB/s	4K Read 29 4K Write 67.8 4K Mixed 37.9 128% 44.9 MB/s	DQ Read 380 DQ Write 341 DQ Mixed 255 220% 325 MB/s
Poor: 72% ↑ This bench: 95.7% Great: 126%
SanDisk Extreme 240GB-$200 7,034 User benchmarks, average bench 76% 45GB free Firmware: R201 SusWrite @10s intervals: 193 192 173 159 183 193 MB/s Performing below expectations (35^th percentile)	72.2% Very good	Read 355 Write 252 Mixed 255 SusWrite 182 58% 261 MB/s	4K Read 24.4 4K Write 72.5 4K Mixed 30.4 114% 42.4 MB/s	DQ Read 302 DQ Write 230 DQ Mixed 110 125% 214 MB/s
Poor: 55% ↑ This bench: 72.2% Great: 91%
Samsung 860 Evo 1TB-$130 602,853 User benchmarks, average bench 112% 739GB free Firmware: RVT02B6Q SusWrite @10s intervals: 376 410 409 375 379 370 MB/s Performing way below expectations (18^th percentile)	98% Outstanding	Read 414 Write 386 Mixed 379 SusWrite 386 88% 391 MB/s	4K Read 28.1 4K Write 74.9 4K Mixed 40.3 134% 47.8 MB/s	DQ Read 383 DQ Write 342 DQ Mixed 358 270% 361 MB/s
Poor: 81% ↑ This bench: 98% Great: 133%
WD Blue 1TB (2010)-$128 11,448 User benchmarks, average bench 57% 157GB free Firmware: 05.01D05 SusWrite @10s intervals: 71 71 71 71 71 73 MB/s Performing way below expectations (11^th percentile)	40.5% Average	Read 69.3 Write 62.3 Mixed 61.2 SusWrite 71.3 49% 66 MB/s	4K Read 0.8 4K Write 2 4K Mixed 0.8 159% 1.2 MB/s
Poor: 35% ↑ This bench: 40.5% Great: 74%
WD Green 2TB (2011)-$70 212,471 User benchmarks, average bench 51% 323GB free Firmware: 51.0AB51 SusWrite @10s intervals: 88 88 89 88 89 89 MB/s Performing above expectations (63^rd percentile)	55.1% Above average	Read 104 Write 105 Mixed 79.8 SusWrite 88.5 70% 94.2 MB/s	4K Read 0.9 4K Write 1.4 4K Mixed 0.7 141% 1 MB/s
Poor: 31% ↑ This bench: 55.1% Great: 67%

Memory Kit	Bench	Multi core	Single core	Latency
HyperX Fury DDR4 2133 C14 2x8GB-$125 59,072 User benchmarks, average bench 73% 2 of 4 slots used 16GB DIMM DDR4 clocked @ 2133 MHz Performing way below expectations (6^th percentile)	54.7% Above average	MC Read 21.4 MC Write 20.1 MC Mixed 19.5 58% 20.3 GB/s	SC Read 11.1 SC Write 15.4 SC Mixed 9.8 35% 12.1 GB/s	Latency 95.9 42% 95.9 ns
Poor: 49% ↑ This bench: 54.7% Great: 85%

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L1/L2/L3 CPU cache and main memory (DIMM) access latencies in nano seconds

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Desktop 87%

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Workstation 72%

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Motherboard: Asus MAXIMUS VIII HERO - $240

CPU
Core i7-6700KIntel $180Bench 81%, 588,978 samples	4,551x
Core i5-6600KIntel $81Bench 72%, 342,244 samples	843x
Core i7-7700KIntel $241Bench 84%, 712,312 samples	596x

GPU
GTX 1080Nvidia $400Bench 102%, 1,082,454 samples	990x
GTX 1070Nvidia $132Bench 80%, 1,459,281 samples	890x
GTX 1080-TiNvidia $485Bench 124%, 840,268 samples	470x

SSD
850 Evo 500GBSamsung $109Bench 112%, 695,664 samples	439x
850 Evo 250GBSamsung $100Bench 103%, 951,591 samples	313x
860 Evo 1TBSamsung $130Bench 112%, 602,853 samples	180x

RAM
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GBCorsair $43Bench 82%, 606,405 samples	344x
Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GBCorsair $45Bench 85%, 653,654 samples	254x
Ripjaws V DDR4 2400 C15 2x8GBG.SKILL $40Bench 71%, 98,777 samples	137x

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Value: 68% - Good

Total price: $972

CPU	GPU	SSD
Intel Core i5-13600K $273	Nvidia RTX 4060 $295	Crucial MX500 250GB $40
Intel Core i5-12400F $133	Nvidia RTX 4060-Ti $385	Samsung 850 Evo 120GB $80
Intel Core i5-12600K $179	Nvidia RTX 4070 $539	Samsung 860 Evo 250GB $52

HDD	RAM	USB
Seagate Barracuda 1TB (2016) $39	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3200 C16 2x8GB $45	SanDisk Extreme 64GB $72
WD Blue 1TB (2012) $37	Corsair Vengeance LPX DDR4 3000 C15 2x8GB $43	SanDisk Extreme 32GB $28
Seagate Barracuda 2TB (2016) $51	G.SKILL Trident Z DDR4 3200 C14 4x16GB $351	SanDisk Ultra Fit 32GB $16